Submission (move)

Submission じごくぐるま Hell Wheel

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  80 Accuracy  80% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM17 in Generation I

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   After this move, the user is more easily startled.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Submission (Japanese: じごくぐるま Hell Wheel) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Submission does damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to 25% of the damage done to the target.

If the user of Submission attacks first and faints due to recoil damage, the target will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round. However, the user will still be subject to recurrent damage. Self-inflicted recoil damage from Submission from the previous turn can be countered if the target does not make a move on the following turn. If Submission breaks a Substitute, the user will take no recoil damage.

In Stadium, no recoil damage is taken if Submission knocks out a target.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0066 Machop Fighting 46 0067 Machoke Fighting 52 0068 Machamp Fighting 52 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM17

#   Pokémon Type 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0007 Squirtle Water 0008 Wartortle Water 0009 Blastoise Water 0025 Pikachu Electric 0026 Raichu Electric 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0061 Poliwhirl Water 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0063 Abra Psychic 0064 Kadabra Psychic 0065 Alakazam Psychic 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0097 Hypno Psychic 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0108 Lickitung Normal 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0113 Chansey Normal 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0125 Electabuzz Electric 0126 Magmar Fire 0127 Pinsir Bug 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0143 Snorlax Normal 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 35 0066 Machop Fighting 49 0067 Machoke Fighting 61 0068 Machamp Fighting 61 0127 Pinsir Bug 37 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Sandshrew, Sandslash
Nidoking
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Rhydon

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0158 Totodile Water New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 35 0066 Machop Fighting 37 0067 Machoke Fighting 41 0068 Machamp Fighting 41 0127 Pinsir Bug 43 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 0066 Machop Fighting 31 0067 Machoke Fighting 32 0068 Machamp Fighting 32 0127 Pinsir Bug 42 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Machoke submission.jpg Machoke File:Nidoking Nidoqueen Submission.png Nidoking and Nidoqueen
The user grabs the foe and recklessly dives for the ground.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Charizard grabs the opponent, flies up and spins around in circles. It then dives down and tosses the opponent onto the ground.
Ash's Charizard	Volcanic Panic		Debut
	Poliwrath rolls towards the opponent at full speed and hits them, or Poliwrath grabs the opponent's legs and rolls around, holding onto the opponent.
Andreas's Poliwrath	Hook, Line, and Stinker		None
Dalaney's Poliwrath	Outrageous Fortunes		None
	Machoke flips, grabs the opponent with its legs, and rolls around, holding them in a full-body hold. It throws them.
Chuck's Machoke	Machoke, Machoke Man!		None
	Nidoking rolls towards the opponent at full speed and hits it hard.
Oscar's Nidoking	The Bicker the Better		None
	Nidoqueen rolls towards the opponent at full speed and hits it hard.
Andi's Nidoqueen	The Bicker the Better		None

Trivia

• In all generations, all Pokémon that learn Submission naturally are from a Generation I evolutionary family, with the sole exception of Cyndaquil, not including Totodile's PCNY event in Generation II. In Generation II, other Pokémon such as Blissey may learn this move, but only if they are traded forward with the Time Capsule prior to evolution.

• The name for this move is somewhat inaccurate. A professional wrestling submission is a move executed by wreching an opponent's limbs for an extended period of time, in the hopes the opponent will give up. The move's effect is more like a particularly strong grapple (the Japanese name suggests a Hell Wheel).

In other languages

• Spanish: Sumisión
• French: Sacrifice
• German: Überroller
• Italian: Sottomissione